Yemeni President: Military operations in Saada will continue until the capital is liberated

President Hadi said that “the Houthi flag would fall and the Republic of Yemen’s flag would rise above the peaks of the Maran Mountains.”

he brigadier general briefed President Hadi on the ongoing military operations in Saada province

DUBAI: Yemeni President Abdurbo Mansour Hadi said the ongoing military operations in the northern province of Saada will continue until the capital Sana’a is liberated from the Houthi militia, Saudi state-news agency SPA reported.

President Hadi said in a telephone conversation with the Yemeni Army’s brigadier general that “the Houthi flag would fall and the Republic of Yemen’s flag would rise above the peaks of the Maran Mountains.”

The brigadier general briefed President Hadi on the ongoing military operations in Saada province, launched by the National Army on Friday, where government forces are making significant field progress towards Maran, the Houthi leader’s hometown.

And he added that Yemen’s army had reached the eastern city of Saleh in Hodeidah province after clashes with the Houthi militia, adding that they suffered major losses.

The developments are part of a military operation launched to liberate the strategic Hodeidah port from the militia.